St. David's, PA---Victorious their last two times out, the Brooklyn College men's volleyball team dropped a pair of non-conference matches at a trimatch hosted by Eastern University on Saturday.  BC fell to Cairn University, 3-0 (25-14, 25-15, 25-12), in their first match of the day before closing out the afternoon with a 3-0 (25-10, 25-11, 25-15).  Brooklyn moves to 4-5 overall following the trimatch.  Next Up: Brooklyn will look to bounce back on Thursday as they open CUNYAC play at Medgar Evers at 6:30 pm.  

The Rundown

• Brooklyn stayed even with Cairn in the early stages of the first two sets before the Highlanders pulled away with extended rallies halfway through each set.  Cairn jumped out to a 4-0 lead to start the thurd set and never looked back.  The Bulldogs hit -.258 as a team to the Cairn's .178 for the match.  
• Despite getting better as the match wore on against Eastern, the home team set the tone from the opening serve, taking a 7-0 lead in the first set.  Brooklyn kept it close early on in the third set, but the Eagles created some distance beginning with a four-score rally to take an 11-6 advantage before closing out the match with a four-point rally.  The Eagles hit .310 as a team to the Bulldogs' -.074.  EU also served up seven aces while not committing one reception error on a Brooklyn serve.  

Leading the Bulldogs

• In his first two matches of the season, Darren Roach, finished with 5 kills in each match.  He also totaled 6 digs on the day.  
• Zhao Ming Li put away 7 kills on the day including 5 against Eastern.  He finished with a match-high 10 digs against Eastern.  
• Tommy Min served up 3 of Brooklyn's 4 aces against Cairn.  He set for a team-high 11 assists against Eastern.